Henry's Freedom Box
by Levine, Ellen
EscapeBooklist Editors' ChoiceBCCB Blue Ribbon BookCaldecott HonorALA Notable/Best BooksHistorical FictionBlack PeopleEnslaved People
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AR Book Level
3.0
AR Points
0.5
Word Count
1,260
Interest Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Genre
Fiction
AR Quiz #
238292 EN
About this book
This story is a fictionalised account about Virginia slave, Henry "Box" Brown, escaping to freedom by shipping himself in a wooden crate from Richmond, Virginia, to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1849.